Chapter 736

Both Cao Cao and Liu Ye know that the situation in the whole world is becoming more and more clear. Liu Biao is in charge of protecting the Jianghan, Liu Zhang is not thinking of making progress, and Yuan Shao is dying of being beaten by Liu Ye's expedition. Now Liu Ye is respected in the west, and Cao Cao is the strongest in the East.

The two men did not launch a decisive battle, but first attacked other princes to enhance their own strength, and then launched a decisive battle.

Therefore, Liu Ye led his army to attack Bashu, while Cao Cao intended to go south and annex Jiangdong.

Wujun, Louxian, Xunjiang camp.

Boom!

An angry lightning, like a raging dragon, tears up the dark sky in an instant and releases a shining electric light. But the flash of lightning was fleeting, and the sky quickly returned to darkness.

The rain was pouring down, and the huge raindrops dropped on the ground. The rain was torrential, and it hurt some people.

With thunder and rain and strong wind, the patrolling soldiers of Jiangdong couldn't open their eyes, tightened the rain on their tight body and swore in a low voice.

"God forbid, it's my turn to be on duty today because of the heavy rain."

Now the ruling center of Sun Wu is Wujun, which is located in the middle of Wujun, and Louxian is the East barrier of Wujun, close to the sea. Although the enemy troops are unlikely to land on the coast, there are still some water thieves nearby. Therefore, Zhu Zhi, commander of Fengche, is stationed here.

Shivering Jiang Dongbing glanced at his snoring fellow soldiers in the barracks. He could not help but show an envious expression. Then he sighed and looked into the rain curtain. The heavy rain made the visibility very low, and all eyes were dark.

"In such a bad weather, the brothers in the patrol camp don't have to go out for inspection. I'm the only one who suffers. Alas."

Zhu Zhi was a prudent man with a mature character and sent patrol warships to search every day. But today is a bit special, because the weather is too bad, a lot of soldiers do not want to go out in this weather, after all, the wind is so strong, in case of capsizing, it will be bad.

Therefore, Zhu Zhi acquiesced in the fact that the patrolling officers and soldiers would take a day off and deal with them under special circumstances.

In the darkness of the rain, a fleet sailed south along the coastline.

In the torrential rain, the sea water was naturally rolling, and the water was quite turbulent. The soldiers on the fleet were afraid one by one. However, one of the senior generals stood at the bow of the boat and leaned against the water, letting the rain fall from the water. He reached out and grasped the mast. His body was still under the shaking of the ship and the rain, but he did not move. It was like a reef on the sea Know how long.

A young general rushed out of the cabin of the ship and leaned in front of him. He said, "uncle, it's raining hard outside. Let's go ahead and take shelter."

"No, Bolen. You are not allowed to return to the cabin. Stand up for me!" Xia Hou Yuan said in a deep voice.

"Yes, uncle."

Xia Hou Shang, with a bitter look on his face, had to walk to XiaHouYuan's side and stand upright in the rain. The water drops falling from the middle of the water flowed into his clothes. The cool feeling made him shiver all over his body, and he cried bitterly in his heart. But when he saw the motionless Xia Houyuan, he had to bite his teeth and nail his legs on the deck.

The rainy night was dark, but Xia Houyuan's eyes were bright as pearls.

"Bo Ren, it's just rain. What are you afraid of?"

"To lead a battle, a general needs to be familiar with the terrain and experience all kinds of environments. You have to adapt in advance, OK?" Xia Houyuan taught him a lesson.

Xia Hou Shang nodded and firmly said, "uncle, I understand that I will take the lead in the future and will never be afraid of the bad environment."

Xia Houyuan nodded with satisfaction and stopped talking.

The fleet has been sailing along the coastline, but after a period of time, it has not yet reached its destination, Xiahou can not help but feel a little anxious.

"Uncle, is this strategy put forward by Chen Yuanlong reliable? When will our army reach Lou county? "

Xia Houyuan said slowly: "Chen Yuanlong is a genius of the time. He has studied Jiangdong quite well. His strategy should be no problem."

The Chen family, as a powerful family that has been in Xuzhou for a long time, has a deep influence. Therefore, even Cao Cao had to rely on Chen Deng as governor of Guangling county.

In fact, in the past few years when Liu Ye focused his attention on the Central Plains and Hebei, there was actually friction between sun CE and Cao Cao.

At that time, Cao Cao occupied Shouchun, while sun CE occupied Lujiang in the north of the river. Zhou Yu thought that the commander of Jiangdong army was in water warfare, while Cao's army was good at fighting on foot. Therefore, attacking Shouchun from Lujiang River was not advisable because of his own weakness and attacking the other.

Therefore, sun CE sent troops from Jiangdong to attack Guangling across the sea. Xuzhou and Yangzhou, separated by the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, are extremely wide. Chen Deng, relying on the recruited Danyang elite soldiers, has repeatedly defended sun CE's attacks from the sea.

On the surface, Cao Cao led the army to attack Lujiang River, which seemed to be the main attack, while Xia Houdun and Cao Hong attacked from Yanzhou and Jizhou respectively as feints. However, in fact, it was a plan of "building a plank road in the open and crossing the old granary" for Cao Cao. Cao Cao's attack on Lujiang River was actually for the cover of Xia Houyuan's cross sea expedition to Wujun.Cao Cao has a large clan, and there are not a few clan generals, among which Xia Houyuan is the most outstanding. In history, Xia Houyuan was often used as a sharp blade in Cao Cao's hands to undertake the most difficult combat tasks. When the generals in Guanzhong rebelled, it was Xia Houyuan who led his troops to encircle and exterminate. He defeated Ma Chao, annihilated Song Jian and swept through Guanzhong. He was known as "Hubu pass right".

Later, when Cao Cao met with the generals in Guanzhong, he took Xia Houyuan with him in order to deter them.

Therefore, Xia Houyuan was the commander of this surprise attack on Jiangdong.

Hearing Xia Houyuan say so, Xia Hou Shang didn't say much, so he had to stand still.

Gradually, the coastline, with rows of barracks, docks and ships, emerged.

Xia Hou Shang said in surprise, "uncle, it's the Jiangdong army's patrol camp!"

"Low voice."

XiaHouYuan said coldly: "order the whole army to prepare for attack, surround on all sides, and do not let one enemy go!"

"No!"

Xia Hou Shang quickly conveyed Xia Houyuan's military orders. The nearly ten thousand Cao soldiers who were nestled in the ship could not help but poke their heads out of the cabin one after another, holding the weapons in their hands, one by one, ready to show their hands.

But the guard Jiang Dongbing couldn't believe it. He rubbed his eyes. How could there be so many warships in front of him, and it seemed that he didn't own it?

Thinking of this, he hastened to step forward, snapped and asked, "who is coming? Report the command to the army

Naturally, Jiangdong army had its own set of commands, but what came in the rain was not a command, but a loud sound.